“I have been in the Puff Daddy spirit. Because I’m launching this network (Revolt TV) and I had to go back to my roots of aggression and intensity and relentlessness. And, that’s Puff Daddy. That’s a super hero.”

Hosting a boat party - as P Diddy... we think (Image: Splash)

He spoke to TV host Ellen DeGeneres about his moniker switch: “Yes. It’s not technically a name change. It's just I’m channeling one of my previous alter egos.”

The singer, famous for hits like Come WIth Me, joked that he has issues settling on what stage name to use.

“I have a problem with that and I have admitted to it.

“For some reason I have been looking for meetings and there are no name changing meetings.

“I’ve been calling myself in the third person as celebrities do sometimes because we’re crazy…and we just think we have the right to do that and we don’t.”

He feels that Daddy is a better man: “Diddy’s really as not as fun.”

Daddy also revealed how he operates on just three hours sleep at night.

“That’s not intentionally. It used to be intentionally but I’ve been trying to get sleep and I try all types of things. Melatonin, like reading scripts and my mind is so…

"It’s hard for my mind to shut off because I’m such a dreamer and visionary and it’s just been so crazy because when you’re a celebrity it’s a gift and a curse.

"People don’t tell you the truth . They lie to you a lot. And I’ve been in these meetings recently and I’ve been falling asleep in these meeting because I’ve been working so hard on the network.

"So I’ve been in meetings and you’re talking to me and I’ll be like dozing off and you’re acting like I’m not falling asleep. “